Law360 highlighted Ashley Powers' perspective on President Trump's order barring federal agencies from using Anthropic's technology and Secretary Hegseth's designation of the company as a supply chain risk. Powers discussed the implications for government contractors, characterizing the designation as a reflection of the administration's frustration with Anthropic for refusing to allow its technology to be used for autonomous warfare and domestic mass surveillance, suggesting that it was done in part to "send a message to the other AI companies that should you try to deny us what we want, we're going to make life as painful for you as we possibly can."